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Birmingham, Warwickshire [14]

Smethwick, Staffordshire [6]

Oldbury, Worcestershire [4]

Birmingham [3]

Kings Norton, Worcs [3]

Old Hill, Staffordshire [3]

Staffordshire [3]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Berkeley, Gloucestershire [2]

Dudley, Staffordshire [2]

Dudley, Worcestershire [2]

Lancashire [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Whitechapel, London [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Ararat Victoria [1]

Aston, Warks [1]

Aston,Birmingham.Warwickshire. [1]

Barnoldswick, Yorkshire [1]

Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bilston, Staffordshire [1]

Birmingham, Staffordshire [1]

Blackheath, Staffordshire [1]

Botley, Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Brentford, London [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Bromley, London [1]

Cam, Gloucestershire [1]

Cambridge [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Castlereagh New South Wales [1]

Chester Castle, Hanover, Cornwall [1]

Cotton Suffolk [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Edgbaston, Warwickshire [1]

Forest Gate, London [1]

Forster New South Wales [1]

Framlingham, Suffolk [1]

Grafton New South Wales [1]

Hammersmith, Fulham [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Hill Top, Staffordshire [1]

Holborn, London [1]

Rank

Private [460]

Gunner [52]

Corporal [43]

Driver [36]

Sapper [25]

Serjeant [25]

Lance Corporal [17]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Lieutenant [11]

Captain [7]

Pioneer [7]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Bombardier [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Airman 3rd Class [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Saddler/Staff Serjeant [1]

Seaman [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant /Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Sick Berth Steward [1]

Signaller/Bombardier [1]

Signaller/Gunner [1]

Staff Paymaster [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [73]

Royal Field Artillery [63]

Royal Engineers [57]

Labour Corps [51]

Army Service Corps [43]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [38]

Royal Garrison Artillery [28]

London Regiment [24]

Machine Gun Corps [24]

South Staffordshire Regiment [23]

Royal Army Medical Corps [19]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [16]

South Wales Borderers [16]

Gloucestershire Regiment [14]

Durham Light Infantry [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13]

Rifle Brigade [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [10]

Cheshire Regiment [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Devonshire Regiment [8]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Army Veterinary Corps [6]

Canadian Infantry [6]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Tank Corps [4]

Service

British Army [686]

Royal Navy [71]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [61]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [48]

Australian Imperial Force [19]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

H [901]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [890]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

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People [902] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [14] Smethwick, Staffordshire [6] Oldbury, Worcestershire [4] Birmingham [3] Kings Norton, Worcs [3] Old Hill, Staffordshire [3] Staffordshire [3] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Berkeley, Gloucestershire [2] Dudley, Staffordshire [2] Dudley, Worcestershire [2] Lancashire [2] London, Middlesex [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] West Bromwich, Staffordshire [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Whitechapel, London [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Ararat Victoria [1] Aston, Warks [1] Aston,Birmingham.Warwickshire. [1] Barnoldswick, Yorkshire [1] Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bilston, Staffordshire [1] Birmingham, Staffordshire [1] Blackheath, Staffordshire [1] Botley, Southampton, Hampshire [1] Brentford, London [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Brixton, London [1] Bromley, London [1] Cam, Gloucestershire [1] Cambridge [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Castlereagh New South Wales [1] Chester Castle, Hanover, Cornwall [1] Cotton Suffolk [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Dover, Kent [1] Edgbaston, Warwickshire [1] Forest Gate, London [1] Forster New South Wales [1] Framlingham, Suffolk [1] Grafton New South Wales [1] Hammersmith, Fulham [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Hill Top, Staffordshire [1] Holborn, London [1]

Rank

Private [460] Gunner [52] Corporal [43] Driver [36] Sapper [25] Serjeant [25] Lance Corporal [17] Second Lieutenant [12] Lieutenant [11] Captain [7] Pioneer [7] Acting Serjeant [6] Bombardier [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Rifleman [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Worker [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Airman 3rd Class [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Saddler/Staff Serjeant [1] Seaman [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant /Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Sick Berth Steward [1] Signaller/Bombardier [1] Signaller/Gunner [1] Staff Paymaster [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [73] Royal Field Artillery [63] Royal Engineers [57] Labour Corps [51] Army Service Corps [43] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [38] Royal Garrison Artillery [28] London Regiment [24] Machine Gun Corps [24] South Staffordshire Regiment [23] Royal Army Medical Corps [19] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [16] South Wales Borderers [16] Gloucestershire Regiment [14] Durham Light Infantry [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13] Rifle Brigade [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Royal Berkshire Regiment [10] Cheshire Regiment [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Devonshire Regiment [8] Hampshire Regiment [8] Liverpool Regiment [8] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Army Veterinary Corps [6] Canadian Infantry [6] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Naval Division [6] West Riding Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Welsh Regiment [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Tank Corps [4]

Service

British Army [686] Royal Navy [71] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [61] Canadian Expeditionary Force [48] Australian Imperial Force [19] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

H [901] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [890] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

Percy Hadley

Born 1895

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 6507

Australian Imperial Force 6507 Private Australian Infantry 5th Battalion

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Thomas Henry Hadley

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56207

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John Thomas Victor Hadley

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63388

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Thomas Henry Hadley

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126930

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Bert Hadley

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247733

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Herbert Charles Hadley

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283598

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Charles Hadley

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 5342 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Henry James Hadley

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163808

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Frederick Hadley

Died 1915

British Army 6818 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Hadley

Born 1868

Died 1915

Royal Navy 1492D Seaman HMS Goliath Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 1492D Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 1492D Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath."

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Charles Hadley

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 26017 Private South Lancashire (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) Regiment 6th Battalion.

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Edgar Allen Hadley

Born 1898

Died 1990

British Army 322686 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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John Hadley

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267112

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Charles Hadley

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269702

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William George Hadley

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 90945

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James Alfred Or Alfred James Hadley

Born 1893

Died 1954

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 139237

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Samuel William Hadley

Born 1893

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 924 Private Australian Infantry 12th Battalion

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Thomas William Hadley

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197465

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Ernest Hadley

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189018

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Charles Hadley

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98795

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